| 单词 | sedan chair |
| 例句 | “Stop here!” the emperor’s voice barked out from the sedan chair. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In the middle, in an ornamented sedan chair carried by four people, sat a woman, the mistress, on red cushions beneath a colored awning. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is nothing more exhilarating than maroon upholstery and oak paneling, and what is that in the corner there? A sedan chair?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z From nowhere, a large, elaborate sedan chair was brought forward, which the emperor settled into with great comfort. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Ser Barristan will have summoned a pair of sedan chairs to carry us back up to the banquet, but the climb can still be wearisome.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When the beautiful Kamala was approaching her grove late in the afternoon in her sedan chair, Siddhartha was at the entrance. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z After a time, they got back into their sedan chairs, and their servants carried them away. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had learned to play dice and chess, to watch dancers, to be carried in sedan chairs, to sleep on a soft bed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The king bowed goodbye and returned to his sedan chair. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Dany had freed the slaves, yet palanquins, litters, and sedan chairs still choked the I streets as before, and none of them floated magically through the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So, in his best-built sedan chair and with his strongest servants and warmest furs, the new ruler traveled to the mountain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The sedan chair splintered into pieces, and lanterns were scattered. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z My mother wore a silk robe and western shoes with big heels, and she rode home carried in a sedan chair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some rode litters or sedan chairs, some forked donkeys, many were afoot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The new king stared openmouthed, but the sedan chair was already moving at a gallop. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The twisting streets were full of demigods and nature spirits and minor godlings bustling about, riding chariots or sedan chairs carried by Cyclopes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “When I stepped out of my sedan chair, the villagers said, ‘Ahhh,’ at my good shoes and my long gown. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone except Yishan fell to their knees as the emperor pushed his way off the sedan chair, his eyes glittering. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They preferred palanquins, litters, and sedan chairs, borne upon the shoulders of their slaves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “As you say. Not the palanquin, though. I would suffocate behind those drapes. Have them ready a sedan chair.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She yanked bones straight that had been crooked for years while relatives held the cripples down, and she did all this never dressed less elegantly than when she stepped out of the sedan chair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The guards shoved them forward and all dropped onto their knees in the cold snow as the emperor pushed open the drapes of his sedan chair. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The only way up the mountain to Kuling was by sedan chair. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was soon in his sedan chair, his servants carrying him again on the arduous road. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The Pope's mode of transport has come a long way since sedan chairs, a few of which are on show in the museum. Taxi for Pope Benedict... touring the Vatican's car collection 2013-02-14T10:36:00Z Sure, it was the smallest category of suite, but No. 25 was still capacious, with a large foyer, living area and room to spare for a sedan chair or two. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Aman at Summer Palace in Beijing 2010-03-19T15:31:00Z The shoes, first designed for court nobility commonly carried around in sedan chairs, are made with more than 40 types of tools, in a specific sequence of more than 90 steps. Made in China since the Qing dynasty: Beijing shoemaker taps into... 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z After all, if that were most writers' and publishers' experience, they'd be riding around in golden sedan chairs. A life in books: Tim Waterstone 2010-09-08T07:00:00Z “Crowd Shroud” is a mixed-up sedan chair — a hired conveyance once used to carry aristocrats through crowded London streets while sequestered from the rabble. Pippa Garner at Redling Fine Art: Vehicles for clever satire 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z The galleries were massively on the Northern Irishman's side - they'd carry him on a sedan chair down every fairway if they could - but Hovland was popular out there, too. Strife in Fife gives way to another Duel in Sun 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z “I didn’t feel a thing as the car floated over every bump. It was a sedan chair on wheels. It was good to be Le Roi.” Perspective | We still love some cars, even when they’re rusted-out, broken-down and tire-less 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Alloa-born artist David Allan created drawings of ordinary people going about their daily lives in Edinburgh, including soldiers, coalmen, fishwives, sedan chair porters, firemen and officers of the city guard. Gallery acquires early image of black woman by Scottish artist 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The Peak Tram started operations in 1888, when Hong Kong was a British colony, to transport people up Victoria Peak instead of using sedan chairs. AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong’s famous Peak Tram closing for remodel 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z They sat in a sedan chair carried up the mountain by their Chinese partners. Think 'sanctions' will trouble China? Then you're stuck in the politics of the past | Ai Weiwei 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z There’s nothing in the Constitution that says impeachment requires a formal transmittal of the articles to the Senate, whether by sedan chair or overnight FedEx, or that the House must appoint impeachment managers. Editorial Roundup: US 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z While the grandees mingle, Rinehart sets up court with her entourage in a shaded corner of the garden on what looks like a sedan chair, but is actually just a garden settee. When Donald met Scott: a reporter's view of Trump and his White House wonderland 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z And then inevitably get it in the neck from their mathematically illiterate clients who have blown all their cash on sedan chairs. Why Hollywood can’t resist an evil rock mogul 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z I recommend a sedan chair or a palanquin, depending on income level. How to Prevent Falls 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z In one video, Mr. Yiannopoulos arrives at a speech on a sedan chair carried by several young men wearing Trump hats. For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The museum includes a few sedan chairs—covered transport carried by servants—used in Paris and around Versailles. Versailles Reopens Its Carriage Collection 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z After a brief tussle with sedan chairs, horse-drawn hackney carriages ruled the streets for the best part of 300 years. How Uber conquered London | Sam Knight 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z She often avoided confrontations on the narrow pavements by travelling in her sedan chair, which can still be seen in the town's heritage centre. Town drops 'narrow' view on romance 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z You can imagine him on an inspection tour, peering out through the silk curtains of his sedan chair at the stallholders and hawkers. The reformer beaten by the mandarins 2012-10-17T00:00:25Z There were civil mandarins of various ranks, dressed in their official robes, with their retinues and attendants and gorgeous sedan chairs. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z One night, as he was returning from the House of Commons, it being extremely dark, he ran against the pole of a sedan chair, and cut both his legs very badly. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Once he forced them to carry him in a sedan chair from house to house, to look for provisions. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z "It will do equally well; indeed better," I said, putting on my overcoat and buttoning it carefully across my chest, while I affected to be looking with curiosity at the sedan chair. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z "It will do equally well--indeed better," I said, putting on my overcoat, and buttoning it carefully across my chest, while I affected to be looking with curiosity at the sedan chair. When Love Calls 2012-03-22T02:00:36.883Z But here comes a sedan chair that has come in with a rush whilst we have been talking. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z A sedan chair, the usual and aristocratic style of travelling in China, was hired, which for upwards of three hours transported me all over the town. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Having crossed the great river, they had no fear of further pursuit, so, hiring two sedan chairs, they reached Kin-Chow the same evening. The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China 2012-03-18T02:00:17.620Z "It will do equally well--indeed better," I said, putting on my overcoat, and buttoning it across my chest, while I affected to be looking with curiosity at the sedan chair. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z What they say: "Guitarist Freddie Cowan is so toffee-nosed he's 14th in line to the throne and gets carried to gigs on a sedan chair." Lowdown on the 2012 Brit nominees 2012-02-21T02:43:31Z A new broad carriage-road had been carried up the cliff, and this, together with the hydraulic lift which connects the lower with the upper town, has certainly diminished the number of sedan chairs. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z He has been brought to the gate in a sedan chair, carried by a couple of Deaths in full-bottom periwigs. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Sarah saves her lover, as in the sequence, but a small revelation of his character not in the print marks the incident: he "kisses her hand" before returning to his sedan chair. The Harlot's Progress, The Rake's Progress (MS., CA. 1778-1780) 2012-01-25T03:00:37.903Z He had a sort of arrow-proof sedan chair made of plaited sinnet, in which he was carried into musket-shot of the enemy's entrenchments, and from which he picked off the sentinels until the garrison fled. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z They had not, so Manasseh despatched the Chief of the Elders in quest of a sedan chair. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Immediately upon landing, Gray, Heard, and myself took sedan chairs for a tour through the city. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Below in postscriptum is written: ‘The sedan chair, means nothing, it was designed by my girls upon the paper which I found at hand.’ Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z I am organizing, myself, a regiment of Jewish gamins, that I shall lead to combat seated in a sedan chair. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z This important task accomplished, Julia sent for a sedan chair, and was carried to the marquis' dwelling. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z The patient, by this time restored to consciousness, was conveyed home in the sedan chair, and the Mahamad dissolved in confusion. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Relays of slaves carried them in sedan chairs, and fifty gleaming krisses marched before and fifty after. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z This letter also has its interest, as exemplifying the natural manner in which he awaited the sedan chair that was to bear him away from his fleshly tenement. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z The occasional use of that quaint mode of conveyance, the sedan chair, was observable, taking one back to the days of Queen Anne. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z While speaking thus, he drew out his purse, chinked his gold, took it out and put it back in his pockets, and finally exclaimed,— "Who will go and bring me a sedan chair!" The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z "If my husband will not tell me anything—if he has only eyes for sedan chairs." The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z But those who fear to trust themselves to the ancient and tottering Biblical bridge, will hardly get into the sedan chair of obsolete orthodoxy, and add the weight of that to the danger. The Principles Of Secularism 2011-07-22T02:00:17.390Z It was carried by means of two poles between which it was slung after the manner of a sedan chair. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Oh here comes Mrs. Casey, with her sedan chair, and brown musket, upon me—what—what shall I do? Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z Devil take me, though, if I ever again take a sedan chair. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z "I think, indeed," said the Colonel to her, "two sedan chairs could easily be taken in, or out, at the same time." A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Then come two portable shrines built like a sedan chair, and the rear is brought up by yagura-daiko. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z They mobbed around her, peeped under her doors, tore at the sides of her sedan chair. Book Review - Pearl Buck in China - By Hilary Spurling 2010-07-04T03:35:00Z For the same reason, when at Rome, he was carried in a sedan chair. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History I took a sedan chair and the wretches who carried me took me into a den and put a dozen or fifteen men after me. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z She went in a sedan chair with her daughter, and an old servant of the family. The Postage Stamp in War Their attention was arrested by a numerous body of footmen, and other attendants, who were escorting apparently some lady in a sedan chair. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Here were ladies of high degree, dressed in Queen Anne's style, who had been brought thither by lackeys in sedan chairs of that ancient class. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 Why is a sedan chair like the world? The Handbook of Conundrums He conceived a thousand suspicions, recalled divers adventures in which sedan chairs figured, and was bitterly repenting having taken one when at last he felt that they had stopped. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z If it were not for the honour of the thing, as the Irishman said after being carried in a sedan chair which had no bottom, we might have spared ourselves so unnecessary a conquest. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses It was an absolute case of the bottomless sedan chair in which two of his fellow-porters put Pat; "but for the honour of the thing, he might have walked." An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Here our conversation ended; we sent the patient home in a sedan chair to his hotel, and I accompanied the physician. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors It was but half a quarter of an hour before Jacques Haret returned with a physician and one of those sedan chairs which can be made into a litter. Francezka The robbers searched him, and despoiled him of all that he possessed, then they escaped with their sedan chair, leaving him lying beside a huge stone, half dead with fright. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Mary was again at Culham with her grandfather, who was recovering from a serious illness, and had been out "in a sedan chair." Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind Then she told Baptiste to bring a sedan chair, and La Martini�re to dress her, as she was going straight to the Marquise de Maintenon. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II She then bade Baptiste fetch a sedan chair, while Martini�re was to dress her, for she meant to go straight to the Marchioness de Maintenon. Weird Tales, Vol. II. Two sedan chairs were in waiting for the ladies and a red domino and mask for me, in which I looked exactly like the devil. Francezka Chaudoreille awoke Marcel and ordered him to go and find a sedan chair; but Marcel would not leave the house, under the pretence that he must obey the marquis' orders. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z There are no sedan chairs, at least I don’t remember seeing any, but at Chienkiang, where we went the other day, the streets are so narrow that chairs are the main means of conveyance. Letters from China and Japan We went up in sedan chairs, though we might have gone on the cars. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Behind the purdah in India, in the harems of Mohammedanism, behind veils and barred doors and closed sedan chairs there has been rebellion in the hearts of women all down the centuries.... The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI On this evening she chose to appear very gay and merry, laughed with Madame Villars, joked with me, and sprang into the sedan chair with the airiest grace imaginable. Francezka In the days when link-boys and sedan chairs helped home a jag they had the time to speak good English. Melomaniacs Consider the men who carried me in my sedan chair in Canton. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions The bride wuz ahead in her sedan chair, her dress wuz richly embroidered and spangled, a veil fringed with little pearls hung over her face. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Somehow, talk of sedan chairs would sound more modern than these thrills of excitement about six cylinders and "smelly petrol." Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 Imagine a prospecting outfit in the California Sierra or the West Australian bush with sedan chairs! Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work New clothes were given them, and when they started on their journey, Mr. Ogren, being far too weak to ride, was carried with the baby in a sedan chair. Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines If they should have occasion to visit a friend or relation, they must be carried in a close sedan chair: to walk would be the height of vulgarity. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Ahead of her, Ugolini, alerted by his guards, had thrown back the curtains of his sedan chair and was leaning out. The Saracen: The Holy War Bearers brought a sedan chair for the Tartars, who climbed into it with bows and smiles. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Taverns at that time reputed to be the largest in England were opened; sedan chairs and numbered coaches attended, there was a public breakfast, with dancing and music every morning at the Wells. Highways and Byways in Surrey Few ladies kept carriages, but went in sedan chairs, of which there were stands in the principal streets. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville The Emperor was carried by eight men in a kind of sedan chair, which was followed by a clumsy state chariot upon two wheels, and without springs. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton It was warmer here in the south, and she had opened the curtains of her sedan chair. The Saracen: The Holy War He watched the white-bearded friar with a warm feeling as he shook his head at the attendants who held a sedan chair for him. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel There are different kinds of palanquins, some resembling the sedan chairs that used to be fashionable in England. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young Ladies may make the trip in sedan chairs; gentlemen on foot or on horseback. Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java At length the Emperor made his appearance, carried by eight men in a yellow sedan chair. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton An irresistible arm encircled her waist and pulled her up out of the sedan chair. The Saracen: The Holy War Towering over all was a huge sedan chair with a gilded roof and cloth of gold curtains, followed by a troop of men with tall spears. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Down this lane, carried by twenty men, came a large sedan chair. Upstarts The officers accordingly put her into a sort of sedan chair, or covered litter, in order that she might be carried by bearers to the place of torture. Nero Makers of History Series He was not as his predecessor, carried in a sedan chair, but walked, or rode in a cart as a commoner. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow Here for the first time one finds the sedan chair, with two or four bearers. The Critic in the Orient He rose and bowed to the doge's sedan chair. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel He turned to one of the bowmen who ran beside the sedan chair, now strung and at the ready. Upstarts Having landed at one of the gates, we hired a sort of sedan chairs, which were carried by two athletic Tartars, and proceeded to examine a very remarkable building called the Ruined Pagoda. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery At last all was ready, and she was in the embroidered sedan chair and caught the last glimpse of the familiar faces. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow If you will take him with you as far as you go, and then engage a sedan chair to carry him the rest of the way, he will pay you in Shanghai. A Retrospect After crossing the bridge, Simon saw the ambassadors' sedan chair swing around a corner, and his pulse quickened because those he was to protect were out of his sight. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Several liveried servants entered, and then a sedan chair was borne in by appropriately dressed dogs. Minnie's Pet Dog After ten o'clock dear Judith went to the palace in a sedan chair, and I walked there. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 I was brought in a sedan chair by four strong Indians, Wyatt walking on one side and Blackstaffe on the other as an escort. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods Then the two young men turned into the road by the river, where the early frequenters of the Spa were returning from drinking the waters in sedan chairs or wrapped up in fur. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century Those of wealth and rank often rode, but a horse or a sedan chair was a mark of distinction rather than a necessity. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel A Korean lady travelling in her sedan chair is quite an imposing spectacle. Travels in the Far East The Sardinian Consul kindly lent Sir Moses his sedan chair, the only one to be found in Egypt at that time. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 Crowds of children, and older people too, are swarming in at the open gateway through which has just passed the gaily decorated sedan chair. Have We No Rights? A frank discussion of the "rights" of missionaries I walked barefoot and my mother sat in her 'sedan chair' like an island princess, with her little bare feet swinging with the swaying of the chair. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Her face was shiny with sweat even though she had been doing nothing but sitting in a sedan chair. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel We departed on this quest, about five in the morning, driving eleven miles to the rest house at Tjiseroepan, where ponies and sedan chairs were furnished for the ascent, a distance of about six miles. Travels in the Far East His method of taking the air on the water was to have a sedan chair in the boat, in which he sat with the glasses down. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II He felt the ridicule of his position—a sedan chair carried along, and a stout man speaking. Pickwickian Studies There were very few sedan chairs; these were still a comparative novelty for general use, and their bearers were much abused for their drunkenness, clumsiness, and incivility. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I Following him was a glittering gilt sedan chair carried by four bearers. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel During our excursion to the Peak, we first took a railway chair, then a sedan chair; leaving that, we had a long climb before we reached the summit, where there is a flagstaff. Travels in the Far East Cucurullo was standing beside the large sedan chair with the four porters who wore the Cardinal's livery of scarlet and gold. Stradella Visitors must come in sedan chairs and there must be some place, aside from the street, where the chairs and chairmen could wait for the guests. The Billow and the Rock A deep cutting in the rocks opens on the beach, where the bathing-machines are stationed—curious little canvas huts carried upon poles, like sedan chairs. Brittany & Its Byways The Tartar ambassadors, seated side by side in a large sedan chair, were farther up the street. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel I was conveyed to church in a sedan chair on account of the steep ascent. Travels in the Far East We have a story that Charles V. had a watchmaker brought in a sedan chair all the way from Nuremberg that he might have his watch repaired. Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer In the street was a sedan chair; and in the chair was a man who took her upon his knees, and held her fast. The Billow and the Rock His great, great grandfather was signing the Declaration of Independence when the Wellingtons were shoeing horses or carrying sedan chairs in London. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport When the sedan chair came to rest on the side of the road, Daoud saw that the four bearers were black men of Africa. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The means of transportation are varied, including electric cars, carriages, jinrikishas, and sedan chairs. Travels in the Far East The number of people in p. 72Limerick is computed at thirty-two thousand; it is exceedingly populous for the size, the chief street quite crowded; many sedan chairs in town, and some hackney chaises. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 There was a sedan chair in one corner, and it was hardly possible to move without disturbing some Japanese or Chinese grotesquerie in brass or porcelain. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile As yet we see no vehicle of any kind, except an occasional sedan chair. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth As soon as their sedan chair was set before the pope, the two short brown men stepped out of it, knelt, and pressed their foreheads to the cobblestones. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel On our way to the Peking station, we saw the Emperor, en route from his Summer Palace to the city, in a yellow silk sedan chair, numerously attended by persons also robed in yellow. Travels in the Far East Behind him came some more showily-dressed officials; and then, in a kind of sedan chair, one whom I at once saw to be the chief mandarin, for whom we had been waiting. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser First marched two men, carrying an open sedan chair with a young girl in it, wrapped up in many shawls. Heidi (Gift Edition) Just then two Turks came trotting by with a sedan chair in which was seated a nervous-looking woman who seemed anxious to reach the place from which the medley of noises seem to be issuing. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs He opened the casement window and saw Ugolini's sedan chair, borne by four servants, turning in toward the door of the mansion. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The way is too rough and mountainous to be taken other than in a sedan chair. Travels in the Far East Then after having passed through a small chamber we enter the room in which Napoleon was born, into which Madame was brought hurriedly from the church in the sedan chair kept in the end room. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads Everywhere the people crowded round to get a peep at her through the glass windows of her sedan chair. Everlasting Pearl One of China's Women All who can afford it go in chairs; stands of sedan chairs are at every important street corner. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Behind the Monaldeschi banner, two green chevrons on an orange background, rose a curtained sedan chair draped with black mourning streamers. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel There were ten sedan chairs, with bearers dressed in flaming colours, ten long-handled, red umbrellas, each carried far in front of its proud owner, and a long line of horsemen. A Chinese Wonder Book In the next room is the sedan chair. Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads They were both carried in sedan chairs, and had to wear most of their wedding garments again. Everlasting Pearl One of China's Women It put a thought in my head, and I set skilled fellows to work, and they made and we have carried through the woods the smallest, most cunning-fashioned sedan chair that woman ever stepped into. The Lady of Fort St. John Daoud saw a tiny hand emerge from the curtains of the sedan chair, closed against the February cold. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel On reaching Lord Godolphin's house they placed the sedan chair on the steps. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain Just as they are taking their places there comes from the background a sedan chair borne by four chairmen in black velvet, with powdered wigs. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People She longed for the days of sedan chairs, for anything rather than this. The Butterfly House When I was in Boston I saw a rich sedan chair made for the viceroy of Mexico, but brought to the colonies for sale. The Lady of Fort St. John The gallant draws the curtains of a sedan chair to salute some fair lady within, and finds himself face to face with the death-dealing eyes and breath of a plague-stricken patient. Among Famous Books Doubtless, like everyone else, he goes in a sedan chair to the meeting of the council, and returns in the same manner. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain For the sedan chair, if a real sedan chair cannot be had, have a chair fastened to a stout platform of wood. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Mr. Van Buren could see a row of sedan chairs standing upon the landing, gorgeous in gilded frames and silk curtains, with bearers and servants in rich costumes. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang The sentinels had watched a party approaching; but it was so small, and hampered, moreover, by a woman and some object like a tiny gilded sedan chair, that they did not notify the governor. The Lady of Fort St. John At the end of the street they came upon a sedan chair. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars He told me whereabouts I could get lodgings, and advised me to apply to one of the men who let out a number of sedan chairs, to hire one out to me by the week. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain The canoe, as if it were still a matter of portage; the sedan chair of the Duchess of Bourbon; the Indian war-drum used in "Princess Pocahontas," etc., etc. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People In London a few coaches were in use, but covered chairs, carried on poles by two men and called "sedan chairs," were the favorite vehicles. The Leading Facts of English History Two other sedan chairs, several bath chairs and donkey chairs, and a couple of flys were in attendance. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses An Indian regiment sent a band, which played the endless columns of carts, sedan chairs, and stretchers out along the sands under the Tartar Wall, until they were well on their way. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation They proclaimed her a heroine; they brought a sort of sedan chair, borne, not by the common cabbage butterflies who usually carried them, but by a Chrysophanus hypophlaeas and a Lavatera assurgentiflora. The Garden of the Plynck Hillyard was speculating for the twentieth time on these important matters with a vague hope that one day the door of the sedan chair would open, when another door opened—the door of the restaurant. The Summons It was indicated in many ways, and among others by the declining use of sedan chairs, which had been the fashion for upwards of a century, and by the change in dress. The Leading Facts of English History Carried in a sedan chair he reconnoitred the way, pointed out the roads, visited every part of the extended line of march, encouraged the fainting troops, and superintended all the minutest details of the retreat. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Hsü Tung, you remember, the Imperial Tutor, who wished to make covers for his sedan chair with our hides, and who was allowed to escape when we had him tight? Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation On his arrival in London, he was overturned, with his brother, in a sedan chair. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 The King--a stout, red-nosed, blue-jowled man, with big, gray, staring eyes--was in a sedan chair surmounted by a crown. In the Days of Poor Richard While making her escape, she met on the road an official procession which she mistook for that of Pao Lao-yeh, and, going up to the sedan chair, made her accusation. Myths and Legends of China "The sedan chair and palanquin for both of you," Kit had been wont to say, scornfully, "but give me a good horse and a wide trail, or if I can't have the horse, I'll hike." Kit of Greenacre Farm All kinds of furniture were decorated in this way—sedan chairs and even snuff-boxes, until at last the supply became so great that the fashion died. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today The day being warm Miss Stanton had the rain cover of her sedan chair removed. Notable Women of Modern China The writer of this perfectly remembers seeing Queen Charlotte in her sedan chair, going from the Queen's Library in the Green Park to Buckingham House. Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 Gentlemen could no longer endure the violence of the Great Horse, but were carried about in sedan chairs. English Travellers of the Renaissance In an hour woman, sedan chair, lantern would all be beneath a level plain of sand. Six Women Martin, the inventor of famous "vernis Martin," flourished at this time, and the glow of his beautiful amber-colored finish decorated many a piece of furniture from sewing boxes to sedan chairs. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today There was a procession of forty sedan chairs to the Christian cemetery, which is about two miles beyond the East Gate. Notable Women of Modern China Why, too, omit that characteristic feature of the street, the rows of sedan chairs with which it was formerly lined? Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 Associated words: portable, portability, unportable, palanquin, litter, sedan chair. cart, n. vehicle, wagon, carriage; lorrie, truck, tumbril, carreta. carte, n. menu, bill of fare. Putnam's Word Book Out! out of the sedan chair, through the burst-open door, he pulled the wretched creature by her head, and then flung her with all his force upon the sand. Six Women There are also sedan chairs, but as yet there exists a prejudice against these as being somewhat effeminate. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul We had some dinner at 12 o'clock, as the city is so far away it takes a great deal of time to go, and then started in our sedan chairs to meet Mrs. Ahok. Notable Women of Modern China They were on horseback, in sedan chairs, borne on wheeled platforms, like our "Goddess of Liberty" representations on the Fourth of July; walking, and sometimes riding on bullocks. Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers For the benefit of my young readers I may describe the sedan chair as a comfortable little carriage fixed to two poles, and carried by two men, one behind and one before. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Soon afterwards footsteps were heard coming up the hill; the men were bringing a sedan chair with cushions. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The Chinese officials, for instance—who suddenly became as anxious for Western comforts as they had hitherto detested them—drove over modernized roads in carriages; he clung to his old-fashioned sedan chair. Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition Often her work kept her busy far into the night and she not infrequently fell asleep from sheer exhaustion as she was carried home, in her sedan chair, from some difficult case in the country. Notable Women of Modern China They had played at "Lord and Lady," and rode about the terraces in a miniature sedan chair, and cooks and scullions winked and nodded, wisely and predictively. Mistress Penwick But a still more amusing specimen of this figure of speech was supplied by an honest Highlander, in the days of sedan chairs. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Instead of carriages the more wealthy inhabitants use sedan chairs, which are usually borne by two bearers. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. As the I.G. stepped from his sedan chair at the end of the platform his face wore an expression of bewilderment, but only for a moment. Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition That very afternoon they took their sedan chairs and went and got the baby. Notable Women of Modern China After his hurt had been dressed, the Queen sent her sedan chair to convey him to his residence. The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 1 They put you in a sort of sedan chair called a "dandy," and you are carried by four men seven miles up the mountains to a point 12,000 feet above the sea. Modern India At about breakfast-time he started to go down in his sedan chair nearer the scene of action. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. I had a very hard time, traveling in a sedan chair, from early morning, before the sun rose, until dark and in the evening had to stop at some country place. Two Years in the Forbidden City Dickie and Oswald made a sedan chair and carried Denny to the high road, and we sat down in a ditch to wait. The Wouldbegoods Without much discussion it was decided to use the sedan chair, as being the most dignified, and used only by Chinese ladies of rank. Court Life in China A tray full of chemicals and three buckets of water,—there is the raw material of my lady in the sedan chair! The Stark Munro Letters The tram, as antique as a sedan chair, clanked across the bridge over the river, and changing its note as it reached firmer land, roared and bumbled like a huge bee into the little street. The Happy Foreigner He was thinking avidly of the women of China—the little gay girls like toys, the momentary glimpses of enameled faces in hurrying red-flowered sedan chairs, faces of ivory stained with carmine, in gold-crusted headdresses. Java Head The next day servants were despatched, and carriages and sedan chairs were got ready to go and bring her over. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books In the meantime her cart or sedan chair is prepared. Court Life in China There are the very high curbstones too, so that Lady Teazle or Mrs. Sneerwell could step out of coach or sedan chair without soiling her dainty satin shoes. The Stark Munro Letters "There is a sedan chair at the door," said Mr. Russell, "if you are afraid, madam, of catching cold." Tales and Novels — Volume 01 "I chuse to call ut sedan chair, an' chair ut shall be, little man," continued the Irishman. Indian Tales Whilst advancing, he scrutinised Shih Jung with the corner of his eye, who, seated as he was in the sedan chair, presented an imposing sight. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books There was a sedan chair for her use after her arrival, numerous servants, money, silk, and a beautiful, big house for her to dwell in, all made of paper. Court Life in China And also St. James's Street crammed with sedan chairs, and black pages with parrots, and the rattle of dice at White's or Almack's, and the hurrying feet of the Duke of Queensberry's running footmen. The Harlequinade An Excursion "I am not rich enough to go out in sedan chairs," interrupted Mrs. Howard, "nor prudent enough, I am afraid, to stay at home." Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Several times as I was going about in a sedan chair I looked out suddenly, and each time there was a dark face somewhere in the street behind. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret "For two large, sedan chairs," he said, "four small sedan chairs and four carriages, are needed in all so many large and small tassels, each tassel requiring so many catties of beads and thread." Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books "I believe now the story that he has ordered Lady Pomeroy not to go to the Drawing Room in a sedan chair." Endymion He came back ten minutes ago, and told me that a sedan chair had just been brought to the other end of the lane. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire No student thought of owning an equipage, and a Russell or a Longworth would as soon have hired a sedan chair as a horse and buggy, when he might have gone on foot. Cambridge Sketches If I had known what it was going to be like I would have hired a sedan chair, and had myself carried down. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret "The covers of the carriages and sedan chairs," she reported, "have just been completed, and I've come to fetch the amount due to the tailors for wages." Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Kedzie felt as if he were helping her from a sedan chair. We Can't Have Everything Walking fast, they came up to the three persons ahead of them just as they reached the sedan chair. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire To the Chinese the "south-pointing needle" continued to be a mere plaything to be seen every day in the sedan chair of a mandarin, or in wheeled vehicles. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents At the suggestion of the Count, sedan chairs were brought, and she and her half-stupefied companions carried to a galley, arriving at Therapia about the fourth hour after sunset. The Prince of India — Volume 02 He was to accompany the men who carried the sedan chair in which she had learned to sit with a delightful feeling of being in the eighteenth century. Beverly of Graustark The distances covered by the sedan chair porters are remarkable, being sometimes as much as thirty-five miles a day, even on a journey extending over a month. China Having dined hurriedly in the dak bungalow we asked for our sedan chairs, and, drawing our roof-like topees over our eyes, we started. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan To be sure; a sedan chair is a wonderful protection against the insults of mud and bad weather. The Pretentious Young Ladies We decided to walk instead of following the custom of Europeans, who generally take sedan chairs and dash through, seeing nothing in detail. Round the World Within ten feet of the sedan chair and directly behind the tall guard stood a small group of people. Beverly of Graustark He paused, stretched out his hand to the miniature sedan chair of liqueurs, took a decanter and tiny glass therefrom, and carefully poured himself a sparkling emerald of creme de menthe. Harlequin and Columbine From the Compound we came in early morning time by boat and now in sedan chairs we ascend into the clouds. Seven Maids of Far Cathay Paris is somewhat muddy; but then we have sedan chairs. The Pretentious Young Ladies It was a sort of sedan chair, or invalid litter, borne on poles by four native porters. What's Bred in the Bone My mother then insisted on that lady being called for, sending her own sedan chair to bring her. Stray Pearls Old Tinker returned his chartreuse glass to the case whence it came, a miniature sedan chair in silver and painted silk. Harlequin and Columbine VENABLES, who enters, is such a courtly seigneur that he seems to bring the eighteenth century with him; you feel that his sedan chair is at the door. What Every Woman Knows He joyously raised her hand to his lips, but a torch-bearer's shout—"Count von Montfort and his train!"—urged him back from the sedan chair. In the Fire of the Forge — Complete He joyously raised her hand to his lips, but a torch-bearer's shout—" Count von Montfort and his train!"—urged him back from the sedan chair. In the Fire of the Forge — Volume 07 The Queen wanted her, and it was not convenient, in the condition of things, to be carried about in a sedan chair. Stray Pearls Mary did not espy me until, returning from her sister's side to order the sedan chairs, she jostled against me. The Heart's Highway He pictured the lively caravan afoot, on mule-back, in sedan chairs, seeking health and pleasure at this site, now so void of life. South Wind The Queen sent me home in her sedan chair; footmen carried great torches; the body-guard presented arms to us. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X She arrived at the prison in a sedan chair. Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Mingle with all this bath chairs, litters and sedan chairs piled high with loot of all kinds, precious articles of furniture with the most sordid objects. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Meanwhile the Lord President was brought in a sedan chair through the hall. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 I think there are two private coaches in Nice, besides that of the commandant: but there are sedan chairs, which may be had at a reasonable rate. Travels through France and Italy She is a veiled lady in a sedan chair, protected by a special traffic squad of dragonians. Strictly business: more stories of the four million Titled dames, in their sedan chairs, carried by liveried servants, alighted amid much bowing and flourishing of attendant gallants. Captain Fracasse |
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